Famous Quotes & Sayings

That was really a momentum builder and I thought it would change the pace of the game for us. We got within six, but, you've have to hit them when they count, so I should've hit them in the first half.

Michael Strahan

Today was a morale builder for us. We've played better and we've played worse. But hopefully, this will be the start of an upswing that can take us through the postseason.

Time is the enemy. The more time builders have to get into our neighborhood, the worse our chances of getting protection will be.

Most of the investors are gone, and traffic is down in home builders' sales trailers. Just look at all the ads. Builders are trying to move homes fast.

Most of the builders seem to think what we want to do can be done, or are willing to try.

Those first two were big confidence builders for us. We knew with the weather the way it was, that we needed to jump on them early.

I think most of the big builders will struggle to meet last year's totals. Any time you have interest rates on the rise, you're going to have higher cancellation rates.

I would definitely expect more of it. Buyers may not pay for it. The seller or builder may pay for it to get a house sold.

Mike Evans

I lost my poise a little, but it was frustrating. I thought it came after the buzzer. It feels like we always have a bullseye on our back. That was a big momentum builder for them. In a big game like this I wish they would let the kids decide the game.

For several years, builders put just a vent fan in a wet area, such as a bathroom.

Tim Carter

To come here to Miami and win this tournament is a great confidence builder for our young team.

Going in, we were kind of shaky a little bit. How were we going to play? What's going to happen here? The way it evolved, now, we have a much better feel for ourselves. That confidence builder will help a lot as we go to Worcester.

It could be that home builders are trying to work off the supply of permitted properties they have in the pipeline. If you look at leading indicators of the housing market, you really have to say this cannot be sustained.

Dave Wannstedt

Greg (Lee) will make that catch nine out of 10 times, Erik Gill - that's another touchdown he fumbled out of the end zone. Those things are all confidence builders and something we'll have to correct.

Throughout its history, Las Vegas has been transformed repeatedly by a series of significant developments reflecting the creative energies of its builders and entrepreneurs. Our master plan represents a significant new direction for our city and our company.

The public builders will say, 'Where are growth opportunities?' and they'll head offshore. But then those markets will be more sophisticated.

The fact is that housing demand has not slowed meaningfully, nor have supply constraints been noticeably undermined, and the large, public builders are set to post significantly higher price growth, margins and earnings than the Street currently expects.

We're doing well. I keep real steady work. Right now, I have five builders that I do work for.

Thomas Miller

This started showing up about five years ago and is the industry standard, ... I'd say 90 to 95 percent of large builders are putting this into their contracts.

Just getting to the line and making free throws is a confidence builder in itself. It keeps the defense honest.

Large-volume 'tract' builders will typically develop the ground -- streets, utilities, public/open spaces -- and build two or three display homes from which they will sell to buyers. Most of these also will do 'semi-custom' homes, where a buyer may generously modify or upgrade one of the offered models. These builders may build 'speculative' homes, hoping someone will like the house and land and buy it.

I was working as a builder in Colchester three or four years ago a construction worker as you'd put it. Basically, the building work was feeding my habit of darts, earning me a wage when I couldn't quite make it. On weekends I'd go to tournaments and started getting a little better until I had a decent sponsorship. I concentrated fully on darts two and a half years ago.

Reliant is committed to supporting our customers and the communities where we do business. That's why when Royce Builders approached us to help this family, we gladly said yes.

Jennifer Armstrong

Cellar Roots has great potential. We want to continue publishing EMU students' writing and artwork. It is important as a resume builder as well as a source for gaining writing and publishing experience. It is an important part of our mission to continue doing this.

Builders won't be able to keep up with demand. People 48 and up, they have money and they are looking for things to do with it.

Builders won't be able to keep up with demand.

Builders will keep building as long as they can keep getting these prices. But I think there's a glut developing clearly in some markets and that clearly will put downward pressure on prices.

Builders will face more challenges with density and land prices, and with all these public builders, they can go out and scour the countryside for ideas from other cities. Smaller builders will follow suit. If they are affordable, why would people not buy them?

Builders who are focusing on an older clientele get it, but even so, a lot of them still don't get it and are building in traditional institutional kinds of ways. They're hurting themselves.

Builders told me they could have sold 50 percent more homes if the county let them do so.

Builders need to conduct a top-to-bottom review of their businesses, identify strengths and weaknesses, reevaluate their risk tolerance and determine how they can improve their operations.

Builders live on cash flow. If you were to stop their cash flow coming in for a period of 90 days, they stand to lose houses, cars and businesses.

Builders got caught in a price-cost squeeze: selling at yesterday's prices and delivering at tomorrow's costs.